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Every corner in a house, every angle in a room, every inch of secluded space in which we like to hide, or withdraw into ourselves, is a symbol of solitude for the imagination; that is to say, it is the germ of a room, or of a house.

Gaston Bachelard

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An excess of childhood is the germ of a poem.
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We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection.
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The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears its truth.
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Why should the actions of the imagination not be as real as those of perception?
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A clear conscience is, for me, an occupied conscience-never empty-the conscience of a man at work until his last breath.
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